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Speaker service

Our volunteer speakers are critical to the success of Guide Dogs and a good speaker can inspire an audience in many ways. Often it is through meeting, listening, seeing and learning from one of our volunteer speakers that people feel they know about Guide Dogs. There is no charge for a speaker, however, donations are gladly accepted.

Our amazing 1500+ volunteer speakers are critical to our success. They motivate and raise awareness about their own personal life-changing experiences as a:

guide dog owner

My Guide partnership

puppy walker

dog boarder

brood bitch/stud dog holder

volunteer

fundraiser

All of our motivational speakers help raise awareness and funds to support our mission, to make sure that no one living with sight loss is left out of life! They can offer a variety of fascinating talks that cater to all kinds of audiences:

community groups

social clubs

schools

youth groups

corporate businesses

Speakers often bring along info leaflets, run simple interactive sessions for adults and children (where available) and can give you loads of fundraising ideas!

We rely on our network of amazing volunteers to fulfill our speaker requests, so please allow four weeks notice when booking your talk. If, however, your request is urgent and needs a quicker response, please telephone us on 0345 143 0192.

Our talks are free but we do rely on the generosity of donations to continue our charities work.

Guide Dogs is a working name of The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Registered Office: Hillfields, Burghfield Common, Reading, Berkshire RG7 3YG. A company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (291646) and a charity registered in England and Wales (209617) and Scotland (SCO38979)